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| Comments: | The Min. Record reference cited lists amethyst localities. The inclusion of Haddam refers to Dick Schooner's 1961 Mineralogy of Connecticut, which states the following: "The author has seen a three inch specimen of amethyst crystals, with albite, from a pegmatite in Haddam; this was exhibited at the Peabody Museum of Yale University." A check with the Peabody collection turned up YPM MIN 058341 described by staff as "mostly massive quartz (sorta smoky), some albite with muscovite, and what appears to be a secondary fracture or cavity (not enough there to know) filling of quartz that starts as a thin layer (~1mm) of white quartz against the massive quartz, that expands into a cluster of amethyst crystals. Nice color." Donated by J. F. Schairer. No specific locality recorded. |
| Quality of samples: | not specified / average specimens |
| Rarity at site: | Very Rare |
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| Validity: | Believed Valid |
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| References: | Sohon, 1951. Connecticut Minerals; Mineralogical Record (1990) 21:203-213; Schooner (1961): Mineralogy of Connecticut |
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| Mineral Data: | Click here to view Amethyst data |
| Locality Data: | Click here to view Haddam, Middlesex Co., Connecticut, USA |
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